"Office Hours" by SAIS Europe
"Office Hours" podcast by Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Affairs (SAIS) Europe is exploring important international issues through informal “office hour” style conversations. The aim of the podcast is to bring expert insights and discussions to the broader community through 30-minute engaging conversations between professors and students.
"Office Hours" by SAIS Europe
Season 2 Episode 2: Ethnic Violence and Autocracy in the South Caucasus
Simon Thorpe sits down with Professor Sergey Radchenko and current SAIS student Maximilien Mavian to discuss ethnic conflict in the South Caucasus.
This conversation was inspired by the fall of the Republic of Artsakh and the flight of its entire Armenian population in September of 2023. Photos soon emerged that showed the 100,000 Armenians forced to flee their homes forever, leaving many in the global community shocked and confused as to what happened. Why was there such animosity between Azerbaijan and Armenia? Why is peace so hard to achieve? What does this conflict tell us about the general attitudes of the region, and how does it affect the geopolitical landscape. Finally, why is nobody talking about it?
Professor Radchenko, Max, and Simon attempt to answer these difficult questions by diving into the Soviet-era history of the South Caucasus and how the region has evolved in the years following the USSR’s collapse.